Software Board-Games - 5 Realms of Cards
Assault Trooper
Genre: Board Game
Production: by GameTop.com
Publication date: 2009
Description:
5 Realms of Cards is a different kind of card-game.
You don't play solitaire or such in this, and you don't have to compete with computer opponents who have clearly been playing tournaments for years.
This game is all about trivial gaming for fun.
You travel the 4 realms of the different colors of cards, and then a 5th for jokers.
When you enter a realm of say diamonds, the card games are mostly based on diamonds, though the different types of games are more or less the same, but with a lot of variation in rules, goals, special cards etc.
You can get a minigame where you have to use some specific cards to finish, but these cards are frozen and can only be opened by making a chain of cards next to them.
Chains are made like - Ace,2,3,4,5,ace,5,4,3,2,3,4,3,...
As you see it is ok to move up and down in numbers, as long as the cards are adjacent to each other in numbers and position on the table.
This sounds more complicated than it is.
Another challenge can be a simple "follow the card"-game where you have to tell where a card is after shuffling them around on the table.
The difficulty in the game lies in the optional timer.
You are given the opportunity to play timed or untimed.
Timed is somewhat stressful, and untimed is as trivial and relaxing as they get.